Thread-tip cleaning-rod.



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THREAD-TIP CLEANING-ROD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20,1907.

Application tiled March 13, 1907. Serial No. 362,226.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. SHEAKLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State ofCalifornia, have in`- vented certain new and useful Improvements inThread-Tip Cleaning-Rods; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, such'as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the charactersoi reference marked thereon, which form1 a part ot this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cleaning rods for cleaningries, shot-guns and other re arms, my object being to produce such acleaning rod as will do the work for which it is designed easily andeffectually and without the inconvenience of having the same gettingstuck in the barrel of the Ere-arm, which is now so oitenthe case. Thisobject I am able to accomplish by means of a thread-tip cleaning rodarranged and constructed in the manner as will appear by a perusal oithe following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Figure l is a side fragmentary View of a rifle cleaning rod. Fig. 2 isan enlarged view of the tip of said rod. Fig. 3 is a side View, partlyin section oa tip of a rod used for shot guns or other large bore guns.Fig. 4 vis a section taken relatively on a line xx of Fig. 3.

l designates the rod proper, the same being provided with a handle 2.The lower end of said rod has a tapered portion 3 enlarging abruptlyinto an annular shoulder 4, outward from which is a spiral-threaded tip5. Encircling said rod is an annular depression 6, formed by the meetingof the tapered'surface 3 with the face oi the shoulder 4.

In using the device the cleaning cloth is wrapped around the threadedtip 5, the top thereof falling into and filling the recess 6. Then incleaning the gun the threads of the portion 5 and the shoulder 4 holdssaid cloth intact and .prevents it from twisting, knotting or binding.

If by chance the cloth should stick or bind then the huntsman can graspthe handle 2 and turn it in the proper direction to permit the spiralthreads on the portion 5 to unscrew their way clear from the cloth, andthen the cloth may be easily driven clear from the gun.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the device as it is constructed for shot guns orother large bore guns in which the rod employed is ordinarilyconstructed oi metal. In my construction for the purpose of making therod lighter the portion l is made oi wood, and provided with an integralcylindrical tip. Closely fitting upon said tip is provided a tubularmetal casing having exterior spiral threads 5 corresponding to thedescribed form of rod. This casing is secured to the portion l by meansoi biting lugs 7, radially carried by the end of the casing, said lugsand casing end acting to reini'orce and strengthen the shoulder 4.

From the foregoing description it can be seen that I have produced acleaning rod which substantially fulfils all the objects of theinvention, as set forth herein. Y

While this description sets orth the present and preferred detail ofconstruction of the device, still in practice many small deviationstherefrom may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

A cleaning rod, comprising a rod proper of light material provided witha handle and having an integral cylindrical tip portion, a taperedportion and an angular shoulder forming a depression encircling saidrod, an exteriorly spirally-threaded tubular casing carried by said tipportion of the rod and secured thereto by biting lugs integrally carriedby the end of said casing and extending radially inward gripping the rodat said depression, said end of the casing and lugs alining with saidshoulder.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR M. SHEAKLEY.

Witnesses:

PERCY S. WEBSTER, FRANK H. CARTER.

